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One Day for Western

One Day for Western challenges include $25K match for POTM Ireland trip, $5K for speech, hearing clinic

Challenge gifts issued so far include an anonymous donor pledging to match up to a total of $25k to help send the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band to Ireland in 2024 and a $5k dollar-for-dollar match for donations to the Speech and Hearing Clinic.  

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WCU's first chief diversity officer appointed senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion; chief diversity officer at SUNY

Ricardo Nazario-Col坦n, WCUs inaugural chief diversity officer, has been appointed by the State University of New Yorks Board of Trustees as the senior vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer.  

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News writing course part of effort to keep local newspapers in circulation

Students in Katerina Spasovskas News Writing II course are getting real-world experience writing stories for the local newspaper, the Sylva Herald.  

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Kara Jean Spindle | A Day in the Life

Kara Jean Spindle is a musical theater major at WCU. Follow along to see what a day in the life of KJ looks like!  

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New professorship in early literacy established with $1.5M from Goodnight Foundation

The College of Education and Allied Professions is the recipient of a $1.5 million gift from the Goodnight Educational Foundation to create a new endowed professorship in early literacy.  

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Jim Costa publishes book celebrating work of scientist and humanitarian Alfred Russel Wallace

In Costas book, Radical by Nature The Revolutionary Life of Alfred Russel Wallace, he dives into scholarly research, journals, notebooks and letters to help bring Wallaces fascinating history to life.  

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Students to showcase their work at 14th annual Controlled Chaos Film Festival

The event will take place in the Bardo Arts Center May 5 at 7:30 p.m.  

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Campus priorities identified for inaugural One Day For Western

51心頭 is making plans for its inaugural all-in day of giving to the institution, a 24-hour fundraising event to be held March 29.  

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Science classroom named in honor of Jackson Countys first family of dentistry

A classroom in Apodaca Science Building has a new name in recognition of a couples three-decade record of financial support.